Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 20:01:33 -0500 From: "Joe Gwozdecki" <joegw@neosoft.com> To: <lab.stihler@unidavi.edu.br> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ADSL question Message-ID: <041701c1fae2$e3c58490$0300000a@lyon> References: <1021303692.3cdfdb8cae404@www.unidavi.edu.br> <03e501c1fa95$12a2e120$0300000a@lyon> <1021318922.3ce0170a69b3c@www.unidavi.edu.br>
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Your DSL provider should give you a NIC and an external DSL modem. Then you can hook up your one computer or a whole LAN behind it, with FreeBSD. Installation is nothing. Just go to /stand/sysinstall and go through the simple DHCP set-up. FreeBSD literally runs to your DSL line. ----- Original Message ----- From: <lab.stihler@unidavi.edu.br> To: "Joe Gwozdecki" <joegw@neosoft.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: ADSL question > Quoting Joe Gwozdecki <joegw@neosoft.com>: > > > Why do you want to buy a router when you can use one of your FreeBSD boxes > > and another NIC to serve as a gateway computer and firewall as well? Put > > the unlimited power of FreeBSD to work. That is what I did. Wire in the > > rest of the LAN to the gateway with a cheap switch. > > > > Joe Gwozdecki > > Hmmm, let me tell ya > Im completely newbie about ADSL, I always used Dial-up. I dont know what pieces > of hardware I need to set it up. And I dont have a lan, I use FreeBSD at home > for fun and to study. Could you tell me what do I need to buy to start using > ADSL? A modem (where can I discover if it is compatible with FreeBSD?). I heard > that some ADSL providers work in a diferent way (PPPoE and PPTP). Well, please > give me some advice about this stuff, it would be great. > > Thank you > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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